After all, only a select few of the hundreds of college players who aspire to play the game at the highest level of the sport are considered good enough or worthy of becoming an NFL Draft pick.
Interestingly, while most of the attention, looking both into and out of the process, is focused on the earlier rounds in the draft and most notably on the first 32 players picked, there have been quite a few NFL success stories written by players selected in the later rounds of the draft.
Two of the four players from Oklahoma selected in this year’s draft – running back Joe Mixon and wide receiver Dede Westbrook – were selected in the second and third rounds, respectively.